Re:Verse passage – Matthew 28:16-20 (day one)
Go ye therefore and make converts of some places by inviting them to church so someone more qualified than you can teach them what it really means to follow Christ.
That is not what this says right? Why then does this encapsulate the vast majority of “Christians” in America today? We have a discipleship problem.
We have so elevated the pulpit, that we do not believe that the average person is capable of leading and discipling someone in Christ. We feel like if we can just get them to church (not a bad starting place), then we are doing our job. We have become dependent on revivals, conferences, and camps to create our conversion moments while we sit on the sideline and hope the pastor does the discipling. True disciples are made in relationships, not in events.
As we as a church get ready for camps and VBS, I long for and pray for conversion moments. I believe these types of events are paramount to our faith and beneficial in creating an atmosphere for someone to draw near to Christ. My prayer though, is not that I would lead them to Christ, but that our students, leaders, and volunteers would be a part of that process and then come alongside us in taking the next step in discipleship:
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; vs 20a
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